tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 25 13:12:10 2007
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Re: yuQ'e' DablaHbogh vay' tu'lu'pu''a'?
voragh:
> > yoq yIn yuQ tu'lu'pu''a'?
> > "Potentially Habitable Planet Found"
> >
> > This is a good headline as it stands, but I'd prefer to get the idea of
> > *potentially* habitable across. Using {chaq} "perhaps, may be" would
> > modify the verb:
> > chaq yoq yIn yuQ tu'lu'pu'
> > class-M planet may have been found
> >
> > however the question is not whether Gliese 581c has been discovered, but
> > whether it can support life. Ideas?
lay'tel SIvten:
>How about modifying {yIn} to {yInHey}?
> yoq yInHey yuQ tu'lu''a'?
I think you're right. Okrand on {-Hey} "apparent":
Suffixes of this type indicate the speaker's attitude toward the noun,
or how sure the speaker is that the noun is being used appropriately.
[...] This suffix indicates that the speaker is pretty sure the object
referred to by the noun is accurately described by the noun, but has
some doubts.
For example, if the scanner on a Klingon ship senses an object, and
the officer reporting the presence of this object assumes, but is not
yet sure, that the object is a vessel, he will probably refer to the
object as {DujHey} "an apparent vessel", rather than simply {Duj}
"vessel" [...] Once the Klingon officer referred to above is sure
that the object the scanner has found is a vessel, he might report the
presence of {Dujna'} "a definite vessel, undoubtedly a vessel". (TKD 24f)
A "qualifying suffix" meaning "apparent (though not yet proven)"
[...] {HoSHey} "apparent (though not yet proven) strength" (PK)
Shifting {-Hey} from one noun to another allows for some subtlety:
yoqHey yIn yuQ tu'lu''a'?
yoq yInHey yuQ tu'lu''a'?
yoq yIn yuQHey tu'lu''a'?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons